How to Wipe Your Rust Server: Map, Blueprint and Full Wipes

 

    Wiping is a core part of running a Rust server: a fresh map resets the world and keeps the server feeling new. But "wipe" means different things depending on how much you clear — just the map, the map plus blueprints, or a full reset. This guide shows exactly which files to touch in the gamever File Manager, and the shortcut for a complete reset.

 

Where your save lives

 

    Open the File Manager and browse to your server's identity folder:

 

/home/server/server/<server-identity>/

 

 

    The files that matter:

 

File	What it is
proceduralmap.<size>.<seed>.<ver>.map	The world — terrain, buildings, deployables, everything placed.
player.blueprints.<n>.db	Learned blueprints (tech tree progress).
player.deaths / player.states / player.tokens / sv.files / clans / relationship .db	Per-world player and social data.

 

    Each .db has a matching .db-wal (its write-ahead log) — delete the two together.

 

Map wipe (keep blueprints)

 

    The most common wipe: fresh world, but players keep what they've unlocked.

 

1. Stop the server.
2. Delete the proceduralmap.*.map file (and the per-world player data: player.deaths, player.states, player.tokens, sv.files, clans, relationship — with their .db-wal).
3. Leave player.blueprints.*.db alone.
4. Start the server — it generates a fresh map; players respawn with their blueprints intact.

 

Easier map wipe: change the seed. In Settings → World Settings, set a new Server seed (or World size) and Save. Because the map filename encodes the seed and size, the server generates a brand-new world on restart automatically — a clean map wipe without deleting files. See world settings.

 

Blueprint wipe (fresh tech tree)

 

    A "BP wipe" is a map wipe plus resetting blueprints:

 

1. Do everything in the map wipe above.
2. Also delete player.blueprints.*.db (and its .db-wal).
3. Start the server — players begin with no learned blueprints.

 

Full wipe (everything)

 

    A complete reset — new map, no blueprints, no player/social data:

 

• Easiest: click Reset server on the File Manager page (top right). This wipes the server back to a clean state.
• Manual: delete the .map file and all player.*, clans, relationship, sv.files .db/.db-wal files, then restart.

 

Additional Tips

 

• Back up first — copy the files out or use the Backups tab before deleting anything.
• Delete .db and .db-wal together — leaving an orphaned WAL can cause odd behaviour.
• Changing seed or world size = automatic map wipe — handy for scheduled fresh starts without file deletion.
• Don't switch Gamemode mid-wipe — the panel warns against it; change it only on a fresh wipe.
• Announce it — tell your community the wipe time so no one loses a base unexpectedly.

 

Conclusion

 

    On gamever you control exactly how much you wipe: delete the .map (and per-world data) for a map wipe, add player.blueprints.*.db for a blueprint wipe, or hit Reset server for a full wipe. For a quick clean map, just change the seed in World Settings. Back up first, announce it, and your server gets that fresh-wipe rush every time.

 

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